The Job Hunt

I'm sure I'm not the only poor fool who is currently suffering from "Unemploymentitus". In fact, I've heard quite a few people have this unthinkable sickness.

According to the United States Department of Labor, the unemployment rate went from 7.2 percent in December to 7.6 in early January. Alright... small numbers right? well let's do the math for this. I can't seem to find the exact population as of now in 2009, but in July of 2008 there were 303,824,640 Registered American Citizens. 7.6 percent of that is 23,090,672. that's TWENTY THREE MILLION unemployed americans! But wait a second... how many of those are under the age of 18? how many of them are retired? that's something very hard to find out on a simple HP laptop, but that's still a staggering number.

Right now i happen to only be a small fraction of us unemployed, but i'm part of a large number of people who need economic help. i'm not saying i don't understand how economics work... im saying i'm one broke mother fucker.

it is my personal opinion that outsourcing is one of the biggest problems concerning this economic crisis.

This Circular Flow Chart shows the perfect economy. all the money that is made, is spent. this retains a perfect blance. when you introduce the use of foreign services and businesses, the circular flow becomes disrupted. Some business owners are cutting costs by dropping american workers in exchange for cheaper labor in other countries. he doesn't get to retain his money for doing this, he still has to pay them. so now his money is going to a different country, and being put into THEIR economy. what a bunch of bullshit.

So what are our plans to fix our economic crisis? a Stimulous check? the government wants us to go out and spend money on the very companies that are outsourcing american jobs, and putting us out. i mean, it sounds like a solid plan on paper "The government hopes to stimulate the flagging economy by putting some extra cash in people's pockets - cash they can spend, add to their savings account, and use to help pay next month's mortgage. As long as they don't put it under their mattress, President Bush and Congress - who came together earlier this year to pass a so-called economic stimulus package - will be satisfied." -CNNMONEY.COM

if anyone actually ends up reading this... what are your thoughts on our economys current status, and what do you think we should do about it?